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J.J. Henry Co.

Opens Houston Office

J.J. Henry Co., Inc., consulting naval architects and designers of many distinctive ships since its establishment in 1947, has opened a branch office in Houston, Texas, it was announced by Charles Zeien, president.

Mr. Zeien stated that the Hous- ton office, which is under the management of David Logan, will serve marine transportation and offshore companies located in the

Gulf area. It supplements the en- gineering and design facilities of the J.J. Henry Co. heretofore lo- cated primarily in the Northeast part of the country.

J.J. Henry Co. is well-known to

Gulf Coast companies. Its serv- ices to Gulf clients have included the design of bulk carriers for the

Caribbean Steamship Company,

Lykes SEABEES barge carriers,

El Paso LNG vessels, and most re- cently, 10 tugs of the Hvide Catug type. Three of the latter are un- der construction at Avondale

Shipyards, New Orleans, La., for

Occidental Corporation; six at

Halter Marine, New Orleans, for

Amerada Hess/Apex Marine; and one at Halter for California and

Hawaiian Sugar Co. In addition, three super phosphoric acid barges under construction at Avondale for Occidental were designed by

J.J. Henry Co.

Mr. Logan was formerly a proj- ect manager in the company's

New York office. The Houston of- fice of J.J. Henry Co., Inc. is lo- cated at Suite 112, 9225 Katy

Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024, telephone (713) 461-8553.

Cambridge Tankers Plan $33-Million Reconstruction —Seeks Title XI

Cambridge Tankers, Inc., a sub- sidiary of Overseas Shipholding

Group, Inc., New York, N.Y., has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing reconstruction of the tanker Seatiger.

The 121,739-deadweight-ton diesel-powered tanker, which will be renamed Overseas Boston, is expected to operate in the Alas- kan oil trade.

The Seatiger, built by Mitsu- bishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. of

Hiroshima, Japan, in 1974, was purchased by Cambridge on Au- gust 22, 1979.

If approved, Title XI financing would cover $27,000,000 or 87y2 percent of the actual estimated cost of $33,000,000.

General Dynamics Corp., Quincy,

Mass., has been proposed to re- construct the vessel. Delivery is expected on or about September 3, 1980.

Bethlehem Steel

Appoints Gesell

As Sales Engineer

Edward J. Gesell

The appointment of Edward

J. Gesell as sales engineer, indus- trial products sales, in Bethlehem

Steel Corporation's shipbuilding department, was announced re- cently by David H. Klinges, vice president in charge of shipbuild- ing.

Mr. Gesell is advancing from industrial products supervisor at the corporation's shipyard at

Sparrows Point, Md. He succeeds

Bradford J. Sibley, whose retire- ment has been announced.

Mr. Gesell was graduated from the University of Maryland in 1965 with a degree in civil en- gineering. He joined Bethlehem

Steel at the Sparrows Point Yard in 1966 as a junior estimator. The following year, he was promoted to estimator, and in 1973 he be- came a supervisor in that depart- ment. s.s. rnPiPiiTELiPin EiPrEflsiPDRT deoe-BanE-snaa

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